Abstract
The divine speeches in the book of Job: Ideology and eco-theology The ecological crisis has sensitised many to ask seriously how eco-just are we towards the earth and its inhabitants? A “green”-awareness obviously also influences our reading of texts, like all readings which are never value free. A “green”-ideological focus on the divine speeches of Job, lays bare its subtext of eco-justice. Creation, in its intimate relationship with God, has intrinsic value and worth, and becomes - to a certain extent - even “holy”. Nature should be seen in a theocentric and not in a anthropocentric way. It does not exist for the sake of humans alone, in fact, it seems better off without human intervention. Humans are not above nature, but co-subjects of the earth community and should utilize its inhabitants as role models in the mastering of the art of life. Both school and church can play key roles in promoting a universal environmental ethics, as witnessed in Job.
Highlights
The ecological crisis has sensitised many to ask seriously how eco-just are we towards the earth and its inhabitants? A “green”-awareness obviously influences our reading of texts, like all readings which are never value free
Oordrewe emosie en fanatisme bederf baie keer die meriete van ’n baie
Wat die tuiste bied aan duisende spesies, verdwyn teen ’n onrusbarende tempo deur die mens se eroderende en woestynuitbreidende praktyke deur bosse en woude vir ekonomiese gewin te stroop
Summary
Die byna histeriese reaksie van “groen”-bewustes oor die omvang van die ekologiese krisis laat die publiek dikwels koud en onaangeraak. Hierdie ideologiese bril bepaal hoe jy ’n teks lees, wat jy daarin raaksien wat vir jou van belang is, en in hoeverre jou oortuigings resoneer met die van die skrywer. ’n “Groen”-ideologiese lees van ’n teks impliseer dus ’n leser wat met ekosensitiewe waardes na die teks toe kom en daarin soortgelyke waardes ontdek. Binne hierdie “groen”-ideologiese raamwerk sal die ekologiese dimensies en implikasies van die godsredes van die boek Job blootgelê word. Alvorens die godsredes “groen”-ideologies waardeer word, eers ’n paar opmerkings oor oud-Israel en natuurbewaring en die motivering vir die keuse van die boek Job. Oud-Israel se ondervinding van die natuur was natuurlik bepaal deur hulle eie besondere omgewing. Teenoor die wilde natuur het hulle eintlik ’n baie “koel” verhouding gehad en dit probeer vermy as onherbergsaam, mens-onvriendelik en eintlik maar nutteloos (Schochet 1984:3-4). Hierteenoor kom die godsredes in die boek Job met alternatiewe sentimente waar dit gaan oor die natuur as sodanig en veral oor die Skepper daarvan
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